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[Roxtar]

Here we go.
(Damn, it's nice working on rear coils)

 

[goodburbon]

someone needs to remind me to post pics of the wifes heep with the new 31" IROKs, it's the new hotness.

 

[Ramsey]

Managed to break an axle shaft...in the mud. Was so tired when it happened I spent ten minutes trying to get the caliper off before I realized the bolts were still in it.

 

[Roxtar]

New DD for me.
Just bought this morning.

So impressed with my wife's, I bought my own.

 

[IntrepidXJ]

New DD for me.
Just bought this morning.

nice....i have always wanted a disco

 

[Roxtar]

nice....i have always wanted a disco

Driving my wife's Disco to Jackson Hole, Wy last month through some NASTY weather impressed the hell out of me.
I had to get my own.
THIS is the vehicle Jeep could make if they got their heads out of their asses.

 

[87manche]

it's got a jungle gym attached!

seriously, I wish I could have one

 

[IntrepidXJ]

i hate drum brakes......one of these days i need to convert to discs......

 

[XJ_ranger]

I spent my easter un-supervised with a tig welder...

 

[HaleYes]

You should have used the flower close up setting on your camera Opie. I think the picture would have turned out better.

Hale

 

[HaleYes]

Nice ride Brad!
I'm curious as to what your Rover did in it's previous life. Was it a promotional rig or did someone just have a decal fetish?

Hale

 

[Rev Den]

Embrace the dark side that is rover.

Looks nice, real nice.

Rev

 

[scoobyxj]

THIS is the vehicle Jeep could make if they got their heads out of their asses.

I think I would agree on that. I can honestly say the only new Jeep I would even consider would be the Wrangler, and only when they get the diesel, or a v8 in it.

 

[Roxtar]

It was owned by a Rover dealership since new. It was their shuttle vehicle, taking potential customers to their little offroad showoff course.
'97 with only 58K miles with all maintenance documented. My '03 has over 60K.
First thing my wife says, "Those can come off, right?"

Nice job, Opie.

 

[Roxtar]

THIS is the vehicle Jeep could make if they got their heads out of their asses.

I think I would agree on that. I can honestly say the only new Jeep I would even consider would be the Wrangler, and only when they get the diesel, or a v8 in it.

What I mean is this; Jeep, with rare exceptions like the Rubie, has done very little to advance their offroad capabilities.
Driving the Disco in bad conditions is amazing. It feels like it's on rails.
LR and Jeep are (or at least were) in the same catagory; Jeep the leader in offroad in North America and LR everywhere else.
The difference?
LR works constantly to improve their vehicles capabilities while Jeep puts out the same thing year after year, number of cupholders notwithstanding.
What makes this worse is that Jeep has the abilities to blow LR away if they chose to.
Jeep could give us everything that LR has without the Limey-bred reliablity gremlins LR is known for (Lucas Electrical parts, for instance) if they just thought it was worth it.
Instead, Jeep is content to sit on it's Laurels, actually diluting itself (IFS-in a Jeep? Dear God!) until it's offroad heritage becomes a distant memory.

 

[87manche]

What I mean is this; Jeep, with rare exceptions like the Rubie, has done very little to advance their offroad capabilities.
Driving the Disco in bad conditions is amazing. It feels like it's on rails.
LR and Jeep are (or at least were) in the same catagory; Jeep the leader in offroad in North America and LR everywhere else.
The difference?
LR works constantly to improve their vehicles capabilities while Jeep puts out the same thing year after year, number of cupholders notwithstanding.
What makes this worse is that Jeep has the abilities to blow LR away if they chose to.
Jeep could give us everything that LR has without the Limey-bred reliablity gremlins LR is known for (Lucas Electrical parts, for instance) if they just thought it was worth it.
Instead, Jeep is content to sit on it's Laurels, actually diluting itself (IFS-in a Jeep? Dear God!) until it's offroad heritage becomes a distant memory.

fair enough, the XJ suspension was the first new thing they did in what, 30 years?
even then they used it for another 20, until the new JK.
They're just a bit slow.
that being said, the new JK suspension seems to be awesome. I want one of those electronic swaybars.

 

[Roxtar]

fair enough, the XJ suspension was the first new thing they did in what, 30 years?
even then they used it for another 20, until the new JK.
They're just a bit cheap, lazy, and apathetic.
that being said, the new JK suspension seems to be awesome. I want one of those electronic swaybars.

fixed

 

[87manche]

a good correction.

it's a shame they won't take all that cool brake assisted traction control stuff hey've got and apply that to a solid axle vehicle. That'd be pretty cool.

I do loathe the IFS stuff. especially how it's designed. I poked my head under a commander, and saw so much stuff that was just waiting to get caught on or ripped off by something.
I found it entertaining when the salesmen asked if I was interested in it, and I said it wasn't a real jeep, and it cost entirely too much.

 

[Roxtar]

a good correction.

it's a shame they won't take all that cool brake assisted traction control stuff hey've got and apply that to a solid axle vehicle. That'd be pretty cool.

I do loathe the IFS stuff. especially how it's designed. I poked my head under a commander, and saw so much stuff that was just waiting to get caught on or ripped off by something.
I found it entertaining when the salesmen asked if I was interested in it, and I said it wasn't a real jeep, and it cost entirely too much.

Shoulda said, "Yea I'm interested if you make it cheaper, stronger, and more offroad worthy.
Wait, I already have one of them. Jeep doesn't make 'em anymore"

 

[87manche]

I'm not completely IFS hater, Toyota seems to have figured it out. But the way DC designs those front arms, man, I couldn't have conceived a better way to get hung up than the libby control arms. They hang down SOOOOOO low.